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Messi event chaos: Aroop Biswas quits as Sports Min for 'unbiased probe'

Kolkata, Dec. 16 -- Two days after a widespread spectator rampage marred a marquee football event featuring Argentine legend Lionel Messi at the Salt Lake Stadium, state Sports minister Aroop Biswas r... Read More


Draft electoral rolls in Bengal: Over 58L names deleted under SIR

Kolkata, Dec. 16 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday published the draft electoral rolls for West Bengal after completing a Special Intensive Revision (SIR), during which about 58,20,... Read More


Trinamool to launch 'Unnayoner Panchali' campaign at block-level

Kolkata, Dec. 16 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) is set to undertake a mega campaign at block level under which "Unnayoner Panchali", an account of development of the Mamata Banerjee government in the pas... Read More


Guv heads to Delhi with Messi event report, likely to meet Shah

Kolkata, Dec. 16 -- West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose is learnt to have flown to New Delhi with a sealed, detailed report on the violence and vandalism that erupted at the Vivekananda Yuva Bharati... Read More


CU offers final exam opportunity to CBCS students in 2026

Kolkata, Dec. 16 -- Calcutta University has decided to grant a one-time opportunity in 2026 to certain undergraduate students under the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) who have exhausted the permiss... Read More


Ex-RG Kar official Akhtar Ali seeks anticipatory bail in CBI case

Kolkata, Dec. 16 -- Former Deputy Superintendent of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Akhtar Ali, on Tuesday approached the Calcutta High Court seeking anticipatory bail in connection with a financ... Read More


Another in cop net over 'bid to murder key witness' in Sandeshkhali violence case

Kolkata, Dec. 16 -- In a major development in the alleged murder attempt on the prime witness of the Sandeshkhali violence case, Bholanath Ghosh, one of the FIR-named accused, Nazrul Molla, was appreh... Read More


Bus operators urge roll back of revised CF fees, cite financial strain

Kolkata, Dec. 16 -- Bus and minibus operators in West Bengal have urged the state government to withdraw the revised Certificate of Fitness (CF) fee structure implemented from November 17, saying the ... Read More


Foreign court can hear divorce despite Indian marriage: HC

Kolkata, Dec. 16 -- The Calcutta High Court has held that divorce proceedings may be pursued before a foreign court even if the marriage was solemnised in India, and that Indian courts should not rest... Read More


Bengal model of conservation in focus at Pravasi Rajasthani Diwas

Kolkata, Dec. 16 -- A Bengal-based approach to heritage-led development found a prominent platform at 'Pravasi Rajasthani Diwas', where Sandip Nowlakha, vice president of the Murshidabad Heritage Deve... Read More